Alpha's Fall, Luna's Rise

ntensity of the moment. I tried to calm my heart as I glanced at the door, my breath catching. In the

ence pushing through the apartment's thin walls. Ever the guardian, Cain stood next to me, stari

Cain gave me a stern look, but I couldn't hide indefinitely. I

it." "You have no idea what you're getting yourself into. I

shook him off. "I h

the rejection, the betrayal-became more and more apparent. I had been discarded. I was abandoned by the people I had once trusted, pregnant, and alone. It wasn't the worst part, though. The thought th

breath and o

man who had once promised me the world was nowhere to be

uld even utter his name without experien

thing. You also deceived me. Everything-our lives, our connection. Everythin

n contrast to what he believed, I hadn't deceived him. H

hing," in a scarcely audible w

What I needed to see, I saw. It

merely observed him withdraw into the shadows beyond. I briefly felt as though I wa

nd the answers I needed. "What's happening? Why is he treating me like this

aden with doubt. Roland isn't the only one. Bimbo, there

e you saying? Rolan

rd and spoke softly. "The brain behind

alone. Elena had always been a reminder of a history I had never really comprehended, a shadow in the backdr

his?" I asked, struggling

been lying to him and trying to turn his thoughts against you. Although I'm not entirely sure what she wants

n had already rocked my life, and now it was falling apart even more. Elena wasn't m

betrayal building in my chest and the wrath starting to swell up

don't know yet." But, Bimbo, she's dan

d me creaked open. Once more it was Roland, but his ey

I warned you that if you turned me down, there wou

my heart thumping in my chest. "Y

Elena's calm, silky voice-as if she

tly what's suppose

alculating, icy gaze. She appeared to be the confident, sophisticated, and fearsome lady she

t think we've had an opportunity to have a proper meetin

ts as I stepped back. "What

way from my face, almost like a lover would do, but I kne

o," she uttered quietly. However, Roland

man I had loved, but there was nothing there-jus

ity in his eyes and muttered,

iced was a la

ated icily. "And you'll be

still ringing in my head as

s more than just a danger to me. Roland had turned me down beca